COVID-19 Update for Thursday, March 18, 2021

By: Ministry of Health and Wellness, March 19, 2021

Coronavirus

The Full Story

NEW CASES		24 HRS	OVERALL
Confirmed Cases		604	33,970
SEX CLASSIFICATION
Females		338	19,066
Males		266	14,901
Under Investigation		0	3
AGE RANGE		2 days to 96 years	1 day to 104 years

PARISH CLASSIFICATION OF NEW CASES
Clarendon		41	1,903
Hanover		9	961
Kingston & St. Andrew		130	9,624
Manchester		38	2,116
Portland		82	1,082
St. Ann		26	2,172
St. Catherine		102	6,622
St. Elizabeth		25	1,227
St. James		30	3,446
St. Mary		51	948
St. Thomas		4	1,299
Trelawny		30	1,224
Westmoreland		36	1,346

COVID-19 TESTING
Type of Tests	PCR	Antigen Tests from Public Facilities	Antigen Tests from Private Facilities	TOTAL
POSITIVES Today	534	39	31	604
Cumulative POSITIVES	31,699	1,016	1,255	33,970
NEGATIVE today	918	All negatives are included in PCR tests	595	1,513
Cumulative NEGATIVES	197,664		24,104	221,768
TOTAL TESTS TODAY	1,452	39	626	2,117
TOTAL TESTS CUMULATIVE	229,363	1,016	25,359	255,738
Positivity Rate	38.4%
DEATHS IN COVID-19 POSITIVE INDIVIDUALS
Deaths		8*	519
Coincidental Deaths		0	92
Deaths under investigation		4	62
RECOVERIES & ACTIVE CASES
Recovered		195	15,810
Active Cases		17,401
QUARANTINE MANAGEMENT
Number in Facility Quarantine		3
Number in Home Quarantine		22,905
HOSPITAL MANAGEMENT
Number Hospitalised		371
Patients Moderately Ill		48
Patients Critically Ill		28
NON-HOSPITAL ISOLATION
Step Down Facilities		0
State Facilities		9
Home		16,795
TRANSMISSION STATUS OF COVID-19 CASES
Imported		3	736
Local Transmission (Not Epidemiologically linked)		0	1,384
Contacts of Confirmed Cases		0	2,083
Cases Related to the St. Catherine Workplace Cluster		0	236
Under Investigation		601	29,531

DEATHS

Eight deaths that occurred between March 2 -17, 2021 were confirmed: